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Thanks, will do!

Thanks for sharing your timeline and the support. Has your visa status on the ceac.state.gov portal changed from 'Refused' as yet ?

Hi, After submitting details against DS5535 ~6 months ago to the Montreal Consulate, my spouse was asked for Passport, Photos and 2nd Medical in Oct. The passport got delivered (using Consulate's preferred method of return) on the Oct 24th (as per Canada Post Tracking, signed by a Mr. Phillips) and 2nd medical transmitted at the end of Oct. Upon email inquiry sent around 3rd of Nov, Consulate confirmed on the 19th of Nov that they have received the medical but for the passport mentioned the following; "Please note that all mail directed to the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal is received at an offsite mail processing facility. It takes additional time before the mail actually reaches the Visa Unit." We had requested the Senator to inquire as well, and they gave the same response to her office. Now we are worried that Canada post tracking shows passport delivery on 24th Oct & till 22nd Nov consulate has failed to Acknowledge receipt. Has anyone experienced this kind of a delay ?

What is the way they acknowledged receipt of passport do they send a clear email saying they got it from that yatri address or do you just see an update on the courier service that it was delivered??

There must be at least 4-5 of us who have sent their passports in at this point and are just waiting for the issued status, if not more. I have not noticed any major updates in this community since Nov 5, odd the timing with the election i hope it is nonsignificant and news comes through next week… I cannot imagine a justification for keeping the passport for weeks on end but it has happened to others. Oh this is testing my patience truly. I try not to dwell on it but end up checking CEAC multiple times a day 🫠

hey friend s how long do senators/congress people take to respond? i had 4 unsolicited updates mid sept-oct 4 then silence. interview was in april 2024. anyone with similar story?

hi all both senator and congressman of my district are republican , should i even be concerned with their own stance on immigration policy before i contact them?? have you guys had positive outcomes from contacting representatives more right leaning with staunch anti immigration policies?? or should i contact the dem representatives of my state?

hey guys is this the only email we can use to reach the consulate for updates? Montreal-IV-DV@state.gov

loll that is so freaky!!! hope we both hear back soon!! also what time of day do these emails or updates typically come in??

hi all how many unsolicited updates do people typically get before their passport is requested via email? not the ones at the beginning of submitting ds 5535 but close to them requesting passport again… and does only the applicant get the email or sponsor as well? if those folks with recent passport requests can reply with timeline of updates in month leading upto passport request itd be nice!! trying to not get our hopes too high after three updates in quick succession after mid sept .. want to know if this is likely to amount to nothing or rather a good sign?!

Hey all, so our interview was the 18th, we saw an 'update' on the CEAC website saying refused on the 18th, and then again showed 19th, and latest on 23rd with same refused status. we sent the form back on the 20th. Is that regular pattern of updates? Any conclusions?

Thank you for the the info. Our category is IR1. Praying the wait isn't terribly long. Feel for everyone here.

Hello all Husband and I are new members to this group as after our Interview today he was told more travel information was required and DS-5535 needed to be submitted. The form states not to repeat information already given in DS 260. Since we submitted extensive travel information for the last 10 years in ds 260, and now they are asking for the last 15 years, do we repeat everything from past 15 years or only the 5 years not included in ds 260 ? I've seen the tracker here (thank you for compiling the data), and it seems a lot of people are waiting for a long time... do we have any stories not recorded on the tracker of things moving faster than 8-12 months ?? Some cases where people get lucky and it moves in a few days - weeks ? I'm trying to scrounge up some hope here.

Thank you both for the input! Much appreciated.

Yes but Questions 24 a/b/c in Part 6 of the form ask to declare total income for the most recent 3 tax years so we would have to disclose 2020's figure in any case..

Hello! I am a USC petitioning for my Canadian spouse and I am currently filling form i864. My income in 2022 and 2021 was above the required federal poverty guideline however in 2020 it was just $2000 under. Do we require a joint sponsor to make up for the 2020 income level? Secondly, my spouse has had consistent above level income in Canada for a good number of years, can we use his income as proof instead of a third person to sponsor? Of note we intend for him to find another job when he's in the US so current income won't continue beyond his move... I would prefer to avoid both as it means getting more papers together, and thought that since my current income is sufficient as a sponsor we don't need to specify his.. but if doing so risks an rfe scenario, we might as well avoid that and save time ... Please advise!